payroll taxes are nothing more than temporary tax cut was a rebate. like bush had two rebates that didn't work. obama had two rebates that didn't work. people know it's not permanent and pay down their credit cards but doesn't affect spending. got to go. hang on. when we come back you can whack at me. we got two major earnings reports out after today's close bell. we begin with microsoft, john joins us with the details. >> reporter: microsoft turned in solid results. revenue just a little bit short of expectations at 21.46 billion dollars. eps a penny better at 76 cents. microsoft says when you count deferred revenue thing are actually a little bit better than that. a couple of highlights. windows, the windows group did better than expected at 5.8 billion in revenue. the business division did a little shy at 5.7. now jane wells has a little bit on starbucks, another big company. jane? >> reporter: john, shares have been up after hours. they were up over 3% at one point. starbucks reported its best holiday ever, best earnings per share ever at 57 cents